Intro. to Research

Question 1

understanding how knowledge within a field is generated is important why

Answer 1

cause it allows us the skills to critique an existing body of literature

Question 2

understanding of science and research are essential to answer what

Answer 2

questions that no one knows the answer to yet

Question 3

science is the discover on what

Answer 3

knowledge

Question 4

science is the ____ we draw and the ____ we develop based on what we know

Answer 4

conclusions, theories

Question 5

what are the 3 primary research approaches

Answer 5

quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research

Question 6

what are 5 differences we need to take into consideration between research appraoches

Answer 6

-underlying assumptions
-types of questions asked
-specific methods used
-type of data that results
-analysis of the data

Question 7

what are philosophical wordviews

Answer 7

researchs set of beliefs about their general orientation of the world and the nature of research

Question 8

what is ontology

Answer 8

general orientation to the world
-belief in the nature of truth and reality

Question 9

what is epistemology

Answer 9

nature of research
-belief about how we acquire knowledge about truth and reality

Question 10

what are 3 key aspects of every philosiphical worldview

Answer 10

-influecne the approach and methods that a researcher takes
-dictate what a research believes counts as knowledge
-part the entire research process from beginning to end

Question 11

what are teh 5 world views that are common in the literature

Answer 11

-postpositivism
-constructivisim
-transformative
-pragmatism
- tow-eyed seeing

Question 12

pospositivism is the notion that there is what

Answer 12

a single reality or objective truth

Question 13

what are 2 beliefs of postpositivism

Answer 13

-our experiences, values and beliefs can get in the way of learning the truths, must work to guard against these factors
-may have to keep refining things to get to the truth

Question 14

postpositivism inclused what 2 assumptions

Answer 14

determinism
-causes determine effects
reductionism
-ideas can be reduced to testable research questions

Question 15

pospositivism seeks to understand what

Answer 15

causal relationships

Question 16

postpositivism seeks to develop what

Answer 16

theories and laws to describe the world and uncover object reality

Question 17

postpositivism is guided by what

Answer 17

the scientific method

Question 18

order of the scientific method

Answer 18

-observation/question
-research topic area
-hypothesis
-test with experiment
-analyze data
-report conclusions
start over

Question 19

what primary research approaches characteristics align with postpositivism

Answer 19

quantitative

Question 20

constructivism is based on the notion that what

Answer 20

multiple realities exist and that meaning is varied and complex

Question 21

constructivism believes that meanings of experience are what

Answer 21

subjective and socially constructed

Question 22

constructivisim researchers seek what

Answer 22

complexity of views

Question 23

constructivism researchers recognize what when it comes to themselves

Answer 23

that their own realities and views shape the research process

Question 24

what primary research approach characterisitcs aligns with constructivism

Answer 24

qualitative

Question 25

pragmatism is premised on the idea that researchers need to be concerned with that

Answer 25

solutions to problems -rather than the nature of reality

Question 26

pragmatism is based on the notion that what

Answer 26

there is no commitment to any single notion of reality

Question 27

pragmatism researchers are concerned about what

Answer 27

application, or doing what works

Question 28

pragmatism researchers take what sort of appraoch

Answer 28

pluuralist

Question 29

pragmatism researchers incorporate all research approaches that are what

Answer 29

appropriate and necessary to understand their research problem

Question 30

what primary research approach characteristics align with pragmatism

Answer 30

mixed methods

Question 31

transformative is based on the notion that what

Answer 31

research needs to be closely connected with politics and have an action agenda

Question 32

transformative researchers focus on what 2 thigns

Answer 32

-reform -change to better the lives of participants

Question 33

transformative research is inherently what

Answer 33

collaborative

Question 34

what primary research approaches characteristics align with transformative

Answer 34

qualitative -but quantitative can add important elemetns

Question 35

two-eyed seeing worldview involves many ways of what

Answer 35

understanding of the wolrd -some represented by indigenous knowledge systems and others by european-derived sciences

Question 36

two-eyed seeing worldview relfects the bringing together of what

Answer 36

knowledge from the strengths of indigenous ways of knowing and the strengths of the western ways

Question 37

two-eyed seeing worldview all knowledge systems are qhat

Answer 37

equitable

Question 38

two-eyed seeing worldview is particularly valuable in what

Answer 38

allowing for diversity persectives

Question 39

what primary research approache charactersitics align with two-eyed seeing

Answer 39

quantitative and qualitative

Question 40

what counts as knowledge to researchs will influence what 3 things

Answer 40

-research approach -strategy of inquiry -methods used